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JOHN D. KING, OF MOUNT STERLING, KENTUCKY.

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SECLFICATTON forming part of Letters Patent N0. 680,414, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed January 10, 1901. Serial No. 42,752- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN D. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Sterling, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to washing-machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and efcient in action.

Vith this and other minor objectsin view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, l denotes the suds box or casing, preferably cylindrical in form and provided with a removable cover 2, suitably secured to the upper end thereof and provided with a hinged section 3, through which water may be poured into the suds box or casing without removing the cover therefrom.

4: denotes return-pipes, the upper and lower ends of which are connected with the upper and lower ends of the casing, and 5 denotes a draw-off cock.

6 denotes a flexible clothes-holder which is preferably in the form of a cylinder and made of textile material-canvas, for instance. To the lower end of the holder is secured a per# forated plate 9, and at the upper end of this holder is a perforated plate 7, fastened to the cover 2 by rods 8. The flexible holder 6 is supported within the suds-box in any suitable manner, but preferably by means of a band or ring l0, to which the upper end of the holder is secured, said band or ring being provided with two or more rods or hangers 10 of suitable length,the upper ends of which are -bent laterally and downwardly to form hooks 102, which are adapted to engage notches in the upper end of the suds-box. The extreme ends of the hangers or rods 10' are bent upwardly upon .themselves and turned to form loops or eyes 10a, which serve as handles for the removal of the holder 6. A shaft 12 extends through the cover and the plates 7 and 9 and has its lower end fastened to the plate 9, so that said plate will be raised and lowered when the shaft is raised and lowered and rotated when the shaft is rotated. This may be effected by screwing upon the lower end of the shaft nuts a b, one above and the other below the plate. 15 denotes an operatinglever pivoted to said shaft to reciprocate the same, and 16 denotes a fulcrum-bar secured to the cover to serve as a fulcrum for said lever.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The clothes-holder having been filled with soiled clothes and the shaft inserted through said plate 7, the plate 9, and the cover 2 and secured in place by the Cotter-pin, these parts are inserted into the suds box or casing, into which has previously been poured the desired amount of soapy water or into which the water may be poured through the hinged section 3 of the cover after the parts have been placed in the position shown in Fig. 1. By working the lever 15 up and down the shaft will be reciprocated, thus compressing and distending the clothes-holder and forcing water down through the clothes to the bottom of the suds boxy or casing, whence it is forced up through the return-pipes et and discharged into the upper end of the casing to be again Yforced through the clotheslwithin the clothesholder, thus keeping up a continuous circulation and effectually cleansing the clothes. When desired, the lever 15 may be rotated to twist the clothes-holder, thus squeezing the clothes therein in a direction reverse to that in the reciprocation of the clothes-holder. This operation is found particularly desirable for wringing out the clothes after the water has been withdrawn from the suds box or casing through the draw-cock 5.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of IOO my improved Washing-machine will be readily apparent Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.' In a washing-machine, the combination with asuds box or casing, of a flexible clothesholder, a perforated plate immovable relatively to the holder, a Vertical reciprocating plate secured to the lower end of the holder, and means for reciprocating said plate to collapse and distend said clothes-holder, and for rotating said plate to twist said holder, substantially as set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination with a suds box or casing provided with return-pipes communicating with the upper and lower ends of the suds box or casing, of a rotary vertical reeiprooatory shaft, a flexible clothes-holder having secured to its upper end a perforated plate held against movement relatively to the casing, and a perforated plate secured to the lower end of said clothes-holder and connected to said shaft to turn and to reciprocate therewith, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witmesses.

v JOHN D. KING.

lvitnesses:

EARL NV. GENFF, J. L. MARK." 

